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title: legislator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «legislator» in the school dictionary: A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# legislator

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**Who acts:** person, Anyone, Legislators, legislator, children, She · **What happens:** make, vote, build, be, help, write · **To what, where:** laws, rules, new hospital, someone, letters, state legislators

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«legislator» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [legislator in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legislator.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:m1:1
# text = A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	congress	congress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
17	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a person and a member of a parliament and congress or other making group | laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
| 2 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Anyone with the power to make rules for a country or state.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:m2:1
# text = Anyone with the power to make rules for a country or state.
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | Anyone | rules |  |  |  | for a country or state | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent rule=Product for country=Asset |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Legislators voted to build a new hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x1:1
# text = Legislators voted to build a new hospital.
1	Legislators	legislator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | past | Legislators |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | Legislators *not said here* | a new hospital |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hospital=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A legislator is someone who helps make the laws.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x2:1
# text = A legislator is someone who helps make the laws.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	legislator	legislator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a legislator | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive |  | the laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The children wrote letters to their state legislators about plastic bags.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x3:1
# text = The children wrote letters to their state legislators about plastic bags.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	legislators	legislator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | the children | letters | children's state legislators about plastic bags |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to legislator=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Legislators argued about the new school rules for hours.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x4:1
# text = Legislators argued about the new school rules for hours.
1	Legislators	legislator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | Legislators |  |  |  | hour | about the new school rules | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She became a legislator after working as a teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x5:1
# text = She became a legislator after working as a teacher.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	legislator	legislator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | She | a legislator |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a teacher | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as teacher=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Legislators must listen to the people who elected them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x6:1
# text = Legislators must listen to the people who elected them.
1	Legislators	legislator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	elected	elect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | must | Legislators |  |  |  |  | to the people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to people=Theme |
| 2 | **elect** | past | the people | Legislators *= legislator* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The legislator visited our school to talk about democracy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x7:1
# text = The legislator visited our school to talk about democracy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	legislator	legislator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	democracy	democracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | the legislator | our school |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | the legislator *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about democracy | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about democracy=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many legislators supported the new road safety law.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:legislator:x8:1
# text = Many legislators supported the new road safety law.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	legislators	legislator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	supported	support	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | past | Many legislators | the new safety law |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Stimulus |

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